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Applications will be accepted from candidates based in the following US states: FL, IL, MA, MD, NY, PA, TX, VA. This is a 2 Year FTC.\nRole Summary\nIn this role you will oversee a subset of the growing PLOS journals portfolio: you will manage PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine, with line-management of their professional Editors-in-Chief, and provide editorial oversight for a diverse set of journals led by academic volunteers across a range of disciplines in biology, human and environmental health. You will manage in line with PLOS strategy, helping to keep PLOS at the forefront of open science publishing and trusted content. You will leverage your strong relationships with the scientific community to drive engagement and develop the journals to meet the evolving needs of their global communities. You will work collaboratively with the journals’ Editorial Boards, and in-house colleagues, to create and deliver against journal strategies, using your international networks to grow PLOS’ profile and reputation.\nThe role is an integral part of the senior PLOS editorial leadership. As such, you will be expected to engage PLOS Leaders’ Framework-adaptive decision-making, empowering others, iterative learning, agility, resilience, systems thinking, continuous improvement, catalysing opportunity-at an advanced level. As part of that leadership, you will also own ad hoc projects across the entire PLOS journals portfolio. Priority projects currently relate to quality control, workflow optimization, cost efficiency, non-article research outputs (data and code), policy development and community engagement. You will embrace change, and lead your teams effectively through it.\nResponsibilities\n Journal portfolio management\nWork closely with the Directors of Editorial, Publishing, MarComms and Global Development to develop an editorial strategy for a portfolio of PLOS journals that supports PLOS’s commitments to Open Science, DEI, community engagement, trusted content and customer service\nIdentify and develop opportunities to expand the portfolio in line with PLOS strategy\nDevelop and oversee attainment of multi-term performance metrics for individual journals\nPartner with the Publishing Director to develop and manage annual budgets, ensuring responsible decision-making and efficient resource allocation to meet both budget and quality standards\nWork closely with Operations colleagues and vendors to oversee optimization of editorial workflows, systems and reporting\nWork closely with Marketing and Communications colleagues to ensure promotion of journal content and PLOS’ mission, and to drive journal submissions and uptake of Open Science practices\nEnsure that Editorial makes effective and efficient use of cross-journal Centers of Excellence (e.g. Publication Ethics, Editorial Board Services)\nEnsure that the portfolio shares cohesive and consistent editorial policies and quality standards, reacting dynamically to changing community needs while forefronting Open Science\nLead cross-journal initiatives, overseeing development of systems and workflows\nOversee Editorial participation in community initiatives, conferences and events, ensuring equality of opportunity and alignment with PLOS’ mission\nHelp to ensure best-practice document hygiene and information sharing by everyone in Editorial\n People management\nLead a high-performing and cohesive team of Editorial staff (up to 4 direct reports), fostering a cross-portfolio and cross-cultural mindset\nEnsure strategy is collaboratively translated into clear tactics for teams and individual staff, and monitor progress against goals regularly\nLead by example, modeling open and clear communication and ensuring all stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities\nBuild strong relationships with Editorial Boards within a true partnership framework\nAddress underperformance swiftly, sensitively and supportively, in collaboration with Line Manager and People & Culture team\nAct as a thought-partner to, and deputize for, the Editorial Director\nDiversity, equity and inclusion\nOversee improvement of the diversity of PLOS staff, Editorial Boards, peer-reviewers and authors\nWork collaboratively with stakeholders to eliminate bias in manuscript processing and editorial decision-making\nOversee editorial participation in internal and external DEI initiatives\n Cross-sector \nMaintain in-depth industry knowledge, awareness of market trends, innovations and evolving customer needs\nRepresent PLOS at industry events occasionally (approx 1-2 events per year)\nQualifications and Experience\nPhD and post-doctoral experience (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area\nSubstantial editorial experience (5+ years) with progressively increased managerial responsibility in STM publishing required\nTrack record in managing a group of successful journals and teams distributed internationally\nPassionate interest in science and scientists\nProven commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in science and scholarly publication.\nStrong business acumen\nWide network of contacts within global scientific communities\nDemonstrated ability to think strategically, to innovate and to implement creative solutions\nExperienced people manager with a track record of managing high-performing teams through change\nExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal\nThe base salary range we've established for these positions is $145,000 - $163,000. PLOS also offers a comprehenseive benefits package sumarized below.\nUS:\n401k with employer match\nEmployee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)\nPaid Vacation, 11 public holidays and sick leave\nParental leave\nBirthday and three winter holidays days off\nShort term and long term disability insurance\n2 days paid time off for volunteering per year\nFully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office \nAbout PLOS \nBuilding on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst in open science, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.\nOur work is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team, partnerships with local scholarly organizations, and the valued contributions of a diverse, international community of scientific researchers.\nWe’re committed to equal opportunity\nWe’re working to create a more equitable system of scientific knowledge and understanding. Removing barriers to inclusion and facilitating broad participation of voices is core to our success, inside and out. \nBeyond accepting distinct perspectives, we seek and support divergent backgrounds among our staff because we know differences strengthen our teams, our work, and our communities. We strongly encourage applicants of all identities to join us as we work towards a future where science is open to all, for all. \nVisit plos.org/careers to learn more.\nTo learn more about how PLOS protects your privacy, see our Employee Privacy Notice.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7167,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Equity","Home office","Parental leave","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Publishing","Media & Entertainment","Nonprofits & Foundations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T15:51:30Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":80,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":163000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/plos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/plos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T18:33:50Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24829,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":19295},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=19295"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fplos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fplos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fplos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/plos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fplos-associate-editorial-director-2-year-ftc"}]}